part3.md

Part3. Telegram Bot

1. Open BotFather and follow the instructions to create a new bot and get a token.

2. Set the current value of the token variable using the bot token from (1)

3. Check the API requests:

   • The bot info (method getMe)

     

   • Method getUpdates to get user_id and chat_id

     

4. After this you need to set the current value of the chat_id variable using the chat_id from the response of the getUpdates request.

5. Check the rest of API requests:

   • Send message with sendMessage

     

   • Send a photo from the bot

     

   • Send pdf with the same method sendPhoto

     

   • Send docx instead of pdf

     

   • Get user profile photos with getUserProfilePhotos